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A team of outside law enforcement agencies and city officials are launching separate investigations into the forceful arrest of a 73-year-old Loveland woman with dementia who left a store without paying for about $14 of items last year.

The bill would prevent paramedics from using ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, and similar drugs to 鈥渟ubdue, sedate, or chemically incapacitate鈥� people, including those simply deemed suspicious, like Elijah McClain was when police stopped him, as well as those suspected of crimes.

A prosecutor vowed Sunday to bring charges against anyone that can be identified who damaged property or caused injuries at a party involving hundreds of people near the University of Colorado Boulder.

Rep. Leslie Herod鈥檚 bill is a response to the death of Elijah McClain and comes after 皇冠网址 revealed more than 900 ketamine sedations for excited or agitated people around the state in 2.5 years.

In dozens of Colorado communities, co-responder teams respond to emergency calls helping de-escalate, evaluate and connect people in crisis with services instead of jail time. Law enforcement leaders say these programs and indispensable and need to expand.

For months people have been protesting against police brutality. At the same time, Denver has been experimenting with removing police from some emergency situations and sending in unarmed mental health professionals instead.

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"They sound like they want to give him ketamine to control his behavior as opposed to treat excited delirium syndrome," said one doctor who reviewed police video.

A dispatcher says someone was reportedly walking around a house when the owners were away on vacation. An update says that person appears to be holding a gun. An officer approaches that person, whose hands are in their pockets. They interact for a short time, and then the person quickly pulls something out of a pocket and points. Quick 鈥� is it a gun or a cell phone?

The Colorado Sun's Jennifer Brown hosts a discussion on 皇冠网址鈥檚 investigative work into the use of ketamine during encounters with law enforcement. 皇冠网址 reporters Michael de Yoanna and Rae Solomon provide a behind-the-scenes overview of the investigation and answered viewers' questions on this issue.